Camerota | |
Official Name: | Comune di Camerota |
Coordinates: | 40.0333°N 37°W |
Region: | Campania |
Province: | Salerno (SA) |
Frazioni: | Lentiscosa, Licusati, Marina di Camerota |
Mayor: | Mario Salvatore Scarpitta |
Area Total Km2: | 70.58 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 7103 |
Population As Of: | 30 April 2017 |
Population Demonym: | Camerotani |
Elevation M: | 422 |
Saint: | St. Vincent |
Day: | April 5 |
Postal Code: | 84040 (Camerota) 84050 (Lentiscosa, Licusati) 84059 (Marina di Camerota) |
Area Code: | 0974 |
Camerota is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy.
Its toponym could come from the Greek word "καμαρὸτος" (kamaròtos), meaning curved; or from the Latin word "camurus", with the same meaning.[2]
Camerota is a hill town situated in the southern area of Cilento, 6 km north of the Cilentan Coast. The municipality borders with Celle di Bulgheria, Centola, Roccagloriosa and San Giovanni a Piro.
The municipality of Camerota (1,585 inh. in the chief town) has 3 hamlets ("Italian: [[frazioni]]"):[3] Lentiscosa, Licusati and Marina di Camerota.
The municipality includes also several inhabited localities, mainly composed by few scattered houses. The localities are: Cala d'Arconte, Isca della Contessa, L'Assunta, Lido Mingardo (or Spiaggia Mingardo), Monte di Luna and Porto Infreschi.